Package Details: vmware-workstation 17.6.1-2

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/vmware-workstation.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: vmware-workstation
Description: The industry standard for running multiple operating systems as virtual machines on a single Linux PC.
Upstream URL: https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-for-linux.html
Keywords: dkms ovftool player vmplayer vmware workstation
Licenses: custom
Conflicts: vmware-modules-dkms, vmware-ovftool, vmware-patch, vmware-systemd-services
Provides: vmware-ovftool
Submitter: synthead
Maintainer: jihem
Last Packager: jihem
Votes: 204
Popularity: 4.09
First Submitted: 2017-02-10 19:04 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-10-11 05:17 (UTC)

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jihem commented on 2020-02-10 17:29 (UTC) (edited on 2021-06-19 13:19 (UTC) by jihem)

After the first installation, please:

1) install the appropriate headers package(s) for your installed kernel(s): linux-headers for default kernel, linux-lts-headers for LTS kernel...

2) reboot or load vmw_vmci and vmmon kernel modules (modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon)

3) Enable the services you need (using .service units to activate them during boot or .path units to activate them when a VM is started) :

  • vmware-networks: to have network access inside VMs

  • vmware-usbarbitrator: to connect USB devices inside VMs

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step21 commented on 2024-05-16 22:19 (UTC)

awesome, thanks @jihem If you are still working on it, I also fixed the vmware-fusion part https://gist.github.com/step21/b39eb4fdb83f689378854be8d5653af9 (this also means dmg2img is no longer necessary)

jihem commented on 2024-05-16 21:25 (UTC)

Thanks guys! By using the solutions suggested in the comments (especially the bundle argument --install-component I didn't know), I am finally able to update the package this evening.

I've also added a solution suggested in https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/issues/239 to fix the compatibility with Linux 6.9. It works on my computer, I hope it will work for you too.

mabod commented on 2024-05-16 15:41 (UTC) (edited on 2024-05-16 15:42 (UTC) by mabod)

@step21: Your PKGBUILD works fine for me so far. Windows and debian (nextcloud) guest are running fine. But it does not seem to find the vmware tools. E.g. vmware wants to start downloading the tools when I start a centos guest. I have checked and linux.iso and the other isoimages are installed in /usr/lib/vmware/isoimages/.

denji commented on 2024-05-16 14:03 (UTC) (edited on 2024-05-16 20:44 (UTC) by denji)

@step21 .bundle is based on vmware-installer and can include the --install-component=FILE parameters to extract vmware-tools-*.component directly.

./VMware-Workstation-17.5.2-23775571.x86_64.bundle \
 --install-component "vmware-tools-linux-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component" \
 --install-component "vmware-tools-linuxPreGlibc25-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component" \
 --install-component "vmware-tools-netware-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component" \
 --install-component "vmware-tools-solaris-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component" \
 --install-component "vmware-tools-winPre2k-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component" \
 --install-component "vmware-tools-winPreVista-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component" \
 --install-component "vmware-tools-windows-12.4.0-23259341.x86_64.component" \
 --extract "$extracted_dir"

# vmware-tools-*/*.iso & vmware-tools-*/manifest.xml
ls -l "$extracted_dir"/vmware-tools-*/*

step21 commented on 2024-05-16 13:20 (UTC) (edited on 2024-05-16 13:23 (UTC) by step21)

I kind of wanted to test it, so I made my own attempt. Theres probably lots of improvements possible, but at least the packaging works. (couldn't test functionality yet) I should note that I removed linuxPreGlibc25 for now from guest utils, because that one is a python file now (after unpacking), and I wasn't sure what to do about it. Fusion utils were also adapted, but there the packaging is not tested yet.

Edit: replaced huge block of file with gist link

https://gist.github.com/step21/b39eb4fdb83f689378854be8d5653af9

jihem commented on 2024-05-16 05:45 (UTC)

@step21 Thanks for the link, but it depends on account informations so I can't use it for the PKGBUILD.

I will download files from https://softwareupdate.vmware.com as suggested by others, but it needs a few changes on the PKGBUILD and I am busy this week, so I will update the PKGBUILD probably this week-end.

@TechXero I have not checked myself, but according to this discussion: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/issues/250 the kernel modules have not changed on VMware 17.5.2, so it still won't work on Linux 6.9. I'm afraid you will have to switch to linux-lts for some time, until someone find a solution (there is a discussion here: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/issues/239 about how to patch kernel modules).

kmifds commented on 2024-05-16 01:07 (UTC)

It seems to be available for download here https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/

step21 commented on 2024-05-15 21:42 (UTC)

@jihem If you make a request through the broadcom portal, you get the bundle file directly. Though it seems not available for direct download. The url looks like https://downloads2.broadcom.com/?file=VMware-Workstation-Full-17.5.2-23775571.x86_64.bundle&oid=<short id>&id=<long id>&verify=<long verification id> (I omitted those numbers as they might be tied to an account)

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